C. N. Phillips

The gritty tales of New York's Five Families returns for its fifth installment. Heavy is the head that wears the crown, and Caesar King feels weighted to the ground. The Five Families are in complete disarray, and Caesar realizes too late that stepping down was the wrong thing to do. It's up to him to make the puzzle whole again. But when another war comes to their doorsteps and a past mistake comes back for blood, death rips through the boroughs like a tornado. In the end, there might not be any pieces left to put back together.

The death of their father sent Irish twins Norielle "Nori" and Nadia "Nadi" Porter on two different paths in life. Nori found solace in furthering her life through education, while Nadi found peace in the streets with Kelz, her longtime boyfriend. When one of Kelz's high-profile murders changes course because of betrayal and leaves him lying dead, life as Nadi knows it comes to a halt. That is, until she figures out a way to get the ball rolling again. Nori wants no part in her sister's scandalous life; however, with no real money coming in and tuition due, she feels she has no choice. When Kelz is murdered, they end up contacting a drug lord and have no choice but to become his hired hands. The conniving drug lord asks an impossible task of them. He sends them on the Murder Express.

The death of their father sent Irish twins Nori and Nadia "Nadi" Porter on two different paths in life. Nori found solace in furthering her life through education, while Nadi found peace in the streets with her longtime boyfriend, Kelz. When one of Kelz's high-profile robberies returns and leaves him dead in Nadi's arms, life as she knows it comes to a halt. That is, until she figures out a way to get the ball rolling again. Nori wants no part in her sister's scandalous life. However, with no real money coming in and tuition due, she seems to have no choice. She agrees to help her sister continue where Kelz left off. But when a robbery goes wrong, and they end up on the bad side of a drug lord, they have no choice but to become his hired hands. To repay their debt, he asks an impossible task of them. He sends them on the Murder Express.

In this fourth installment of the Five Families of New York, C. N. Phillips explores just how far a person will go to keep things together when their life is crumbling. With death nipping at his neck like cold in the winter, Lorenzo "Zo" Alverez is faced with the inevitable fate of stepping into his late father's shoes. With enemies coming at him from all sides, Zo doesn't know who he can trust. But when the light at the end of the tunnel comes in the form of family, he discovers secrets about his father that he never knew. These secrets threaten to pull him away from the other powerful families in New York and people that would risk their lives for his. When the time comes to decide where his loyalty will lie, he is unaware that the price for that choice is the heads of the people he loves the most.

After his father's murder, Boogie is thrust into taking over the family business and hellbent on revenge, no matter the cost... While most young people are just getting their footing in life, 24-year-old Bryshon Boogie Tolliver is already being groomed to be a boss by his father, Barry Tolliver. At first, he's not so sure he wants to take his father's place in the family business. He has dreams of being the most prominent chef in New York. However, things change when Barry is murdered in cold blood and everything he built is left at Boogie's feet. Gone are those chef dreams, replaced with a new resolve to prove himself worthy of upholding his father's legacy. Boogie takes his rightful place at the table of the Five Families of New York and is quickly taken under the wing of Caesar, the head of the organization. Known as The Godfather's Godfather, Caesar shows Boogie what it takes to be a boss. The deeper in Boogie gets, the more obsessed he becomes with finding his father's murderer. When all signs point to the person Boogie knows is untouchable, he'll do anything to even the score, even if it costs him his seat at the table.

While most young people are just getting their footing in life, 24-year-old Bryshon Boogie Tolliver is already being groomed to be a boss by his father, Barry Tolliver. At first, he's not so sure he wants to take his father's place in the family business. He has dreams of being the most prominent chef in New York. However, things change when Barry is murdered in cold blood and everything he built is left at Boogie's feet. Gone are those chef dreams, replaced with a new resolve to prove himself worthy of upholding his father's legacy. Boogie takes his rightful place at the table of the Five Families of New York and is quickly taken under the wing of Caesar, the head of the organization. Known as The Godfather's Godfather, Caesar shows Boogie what it takes to be a boss. The deeper in Boogie gets, the more obsessed he becomes with finding his father's murderer. When all signs point to the person Boogie knows is untouchable, he'll do anything to even the score, even if it costs him his seat at the table.

She is the water to his fire and the calm to his storm. Never in his 26 years of life did Tron think he would find his equal, but Kleigh is exactly that. Her beauty speaks to his eyes, while her mind whispers to his soul. He can't imagine anybody else wearing the crown as queen after he kills the king of Harlem and takes over the throne. Kleigh never wanted Tron to fall in love with her, or vice versa. She isn't who he thinks she is, but how can she tell him that the kingpin he is gunning for, Kevin "Klax" Turner, is her big brother? When push comes to shove and her secret comes to light, Kleigh is forced to pick a side. That choice is what ignites the fire to a war of savages...a fire that can only be put out by blood.

Sometimes what's done in the dark doesn't need to come to the light. It should stay shut away forever. The lifestyle of sisters Rhonnie and Ahli Drake is proof of that. Born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, Ronnie and Ahli have been raised to do the unthinkable to survive. With their father setting up all of their dangerous hits, the two have easily stolen over two hundred thousand dollars over the years. Still, they feel a void. They want to live normal lives while they still can. Before they can perform their last job, which their father has promised will get them out of the game for good, a prior hit comes back to haunt them. It leaves their father with his throat slit and the girls in fear for their lives. With no money and no safe place to go, the girls have no choice but to agree to do one last hit. What is supposed to be just a job turns into what will be the most horrific experience of their lives. Just when you think you know what's going to happen next, this twisted tale takes a deep dive for the worse.

Join in as C. N. Phillips paints a kingpin story the way it has never been done before. To some it will be a beautiful mural; to others it will be a brutal massacre. Ever since he was a child, the only thing Cyril Anderson has wanted is to be down with his brother Cane's crew. Cane Anderson, leader of the notorious Bankroll Crips, is invincible--or so Cyril thinks. On an important night for Cyril, things take a terrible turn, and Cane is left lying in a pool of his own blood. Now the leader of a bloodthirsty gang, Cyril wants to do only one thing: seek revenge. When he learns that the man behind Cane's death is none other than Arnell "Dub" Lewis, the current kingpin of Los Angeles, it is up to Cyril to figure out why. He begins a bloody journey to redemption with a heart as black as the night sky and with a team of loyal hitters behind him.

A city full of lies, deceit, and cold-blooded murder, Detroit plays widow to drug cartel after drug cartel, and the Last Kings are the latest to take over the throne. It seems that nothing can crumble their empire, but when an unexpected series of events take place and blood is shed, everything spirals out of control. Can Sadie and Mocha survive the game as the head women in charge, or will disloyalty and treachery threaten to end them for good? Ride with C. N. Philips as she tells the greatest story street fiction has ever seen.